Ronald DeFeo was born on 26 September 1951 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Amityville: The Awakening (2017), In Search of... (1976) and 75A4053: The Ronald DeFeo Interview (2014). He was married to Nissa Burkhalter, Tracey Defeo and Barbara Puco. He died on 12 March 2021 in Albany, New York, USA.